Mark 1:16-20

2. The first disciples of the Servant 1:16-20 (cf. Matthew 4:16-22; Luke 5:1-11)

The account of the calling of these first disciples clarifies that repenting and believing the gospel (Mark 1:15) should result in abandoning one’s former life to follow Jesus from then on. This is the appropriate response that Mark commended to his readers with these disciples’ example.